Analog TV is dead...

Meh.

You got a digital TV, Anna?


If not you do realise your TV will not work in a year or two.

I have cable. Not a big deal.

You will still need an HD box and an HD TV. If not, no TV for you.

The way I understand it, if you have an HD receiver box (over the air or otherwise), you can still watch teevee on an analog set. It just won't be in high definition.

Nope. You need a converter. It is not built in to Cable HD boxes. So far, it looks like cable companies are going to charge a monthly equipment fee of between $20 and $35 per month to use one of theirs. To buy one is a still a $900 to $3000 investment.

To be precise, your equipment will work exactly as it does now, except you won't be able to receive over the air transmissions without a digital box. (which as the article mentioned are getting pretty damn cheap)

You're right. I was thinking strictly HD, not standard Digital...

She'll need a DIGITAL TV and/or box.

I've known this since at least 2005.

My Tv isn't compatible with the cable system that's installed in my house anyway, so I'd be just as happy to buy a flat screen next year.

Meh, TV is kind of shitty these days anyway.

I don't have a problem. All my in-house TV's are already on digital cable converters, and I don't use my hand helds for anything but monitors.

That just means that I won't own a TV after that date. I rarely use the one I have now, so it won't be that big of a loss.

Get an HD capable monitor and use it for both computer and TV.

From the first post, which I believe was yours.

We have a Time Warner cable box that's capable. The installer I talked to said that when the changeover happens, my TV will continue to work as normal. It doesn't matter though, I'm getting an HD TV mid next year. I already know which one it is: Vizio's 32" HD LCD Flat Panel TV. Right now it's $530. It should be much less by mid next year when I have the money.

J.

I actually meant to say "converter box" in my reply.

This isn't too much of a shock. I recall reading that standards for television broadcasts are due to be changing in the next couple of years as well.

Wednesday, February, 17th, 2009. We had it plastered all over radio suck the last three months I worked there.

Funnily enough, the first part of the UK to go completely digital had the analogue signal turned off earlier this week.
No riots in the street as yet...

"Digital killed the analog star....digital killed theanalog star...."

You think digital TV is bad? HD radio is worse.

Most digital cable boxes in use now will work just fine. Most cable companies will be switching to all-digital systems by Feb. 2009.

The biggest change will be the end of analog broadcast TV. No more channel 4. Those spectrum will be reassigned and sold off. And for the record, converter boxes — even for HD — are less than $200 right now. Simple units for use with current analog TV will cost less than $50.

It's nothing to get worried about.

Not all tv stations are required to go HD by 2009. Some low-powered stations can stay analog past the "drop dead" date.

Yeah, but they have to be in the UHF range and below channel 62. The channels 2-13 of VHF will be auctioned off. Digital TV lives between 14-65 (with a very few exceptions).

Let's kick it OLD school. Four channels and a broken off tuning knob...you have to use plyers to turn it! Also, your horizontal hold starts fluttering and you have to adjust that little knob twice a day or so. And don't forget your rabbit ears!

And the little dot in the center of the tube as it starts to warm up.

Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, sounding off.

Hey, I remember our first color tv set.

Youngsters, nowdays!!